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I had no idea that it was frowned upon. Are you just talking about it being done in public is what's frowned upon? I guess if that's what you mean some people might feel uncomfortable because they probably feel like they're seeing something they shouldn't. They probably treat it as though they are just seeing a woman in general out in public with her breast out, I think some people have a difficult time mentally compartmentalizing or separating the difference in seeing a woman's breast in a sexual way and a non-sexual way. This is not the woman's fault of course, so if a woman wants to breastfeed in public I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I can understand how it might make some people uncomfortable but those people can always turn and look in the other direction if they are having a difficult time not thinking of it sexually. The problem is with the person who's uncomfortable, not with the person who's breastfeeding their child. But I do understand it so I don't think those people should be treated like they're horrible people if it makes them uncomfortable but someone should maybe kindly explain to them and tell them that they should just sit somewhere else or not look in their direction if it bothers them.
I grew up and live in Central Europe. Breastfeeding is completely normal here, and so is non-sexualised nudity in general...
Most women that I see who breastfeed in public spaces cover their boob (and sometimes the baby too) with a light blanket. I know many highly religious and conservative women who have huge issues with public nudity - they also breastfeed like this.
It's not sexualised here, it's not frowned upon, women aren't shamed for giving their baby or child what it needs when it needs it - I'd say they're actually more likely to be frowned upon if their child is clearly hungry and they don't whip out a bottle or their boobs.
I think it's really interesting how in Netflix's "Sex Life" the main character's husband makes a very disgusted face when his wife's boobs squirt milk in his face during sex - breast milk isn't disgusting or gross, it's what a woman's body provides for their baby to nourish it in a highly efficient way.
Some women can't breastfeed, some choose not to breastfeed in public, but I've never understood why there's such a stigma around this topic in other places of the world...
It's not a big deal, let the mom do what's best for her child. End of story.
I don't frown on breast feeding. I frown on seeing tits in general.
Now before you get mad understand I'm a waiter. If you're showing a ton of cleavage or breastfeeding while I'm working it's awkward. If I try to look more serious to avoid making you feel ogled, which makes me seem tense/aggressive. If I try to look away you may feel ignored/disrespected.
Either way I'm a straight man. I like breasts. I understand you don't want to be sexualized. I understand you don't want to be looked at like a piece of meat. I understand you are a person and breastfeeding is natural (and no I don't expect you to let your baby starve).
But that doesn't matter. I'll be standing over you, looking down and I grew up in a place that constant eye contact is seen as weird, rude or even aggressive at times. It's going to get awkward. All I ask is that you put a towel or cloth over the baby so I don't need to worry about you feeling ogled or creeped out.
My biggest fear is making a breastfeeding woman uncomfortable because I have a big fear of being a creep.
I think you are correct , but personally I certainly don't " frown " upon , its natural and its how things should be , watch " Nestle , criminal company " on youtube for a precis' on how formula milk began , it will shock you.
Think society frowns on public breast feeding , rather than actual breast feeding itself , and they shouldn't , I employed an associate in a land office , she had a baby , I asked her to come back ASAP part time , she said , you mind me breast feeding in the office , and I said " not at all " , just really need you to come back , she did , it worked well , I did however notice some clients did not approve , well bad luck , think they thought she should have been home , massive double standard , then they just assumed we were married , and had a child together , they'd always say " Spoke to your wife " , this was 25 years ago , not sure we've moved too far ahead.
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there's nothing wrong with breastfeeding. but there is something wrong with exposing yourself in public. Even if you need to breastfeed in public, please turn around so that you're facing a wall so the entire world (including children) won't have to see your breast. Its not good for children to look either.
Would you be ok with your 6 yr old looking through a play boy magazine filled with pictures of naked women?
And for those who say there's absolutely nothing wrong with breast feeding in front of the entire world. there is absolutely nothing as impolite, discourteous and selfish as that.
Even if I had a baby and needed to breastfeed, I would have the basic courtesy to turn around so that people won't have to see myself exposed.
To be honest, I get weird when I see women breastfeeding in front of me. Mostly because there are many opportunities to feed your child, not right out in the open. Though there are instances where the child can't wait and is screaming for food, but most times I've seen mothers feeding their babies it's at a school event, right in front of a bunch of other children. There are many places/times to breastfeed, and I understand that. Most people I've seen say that mothers should pack bottles when out of the home, or go into somewhere private to whip their breast out to their infant.
i breastfeed in public. I use a towel or blanket to cover up.
some cities have laws against it.
TBH, i feel it is frowned on becoz so many men and boys stare, get turned on, and their wives/gfs get mad.
my man loves me more when i have a baby bump, and the big boobs before and after i have a baby. He loves watching me breastfeed, and yes, often after i am done, we have sex.
several times, while i was nursing, he was behind me filling me full... i got an orgasm from the baby nursing AND my man's rod!
Society 'freaks out' BECAUSE it destroys THEIR fantasies about being apart from Earth's OTHER mammals.
There's even a fetish porn wherein amply-breasted females are voluntarily attached to bovine automated milking machines... just as that subset of beastiality fetish, wherein females are mounted willingly or otherwise, by horses, dogs and other 'randy' sires. NO chance of pregnancy and you don't need to make 'em breakfast
Likewise for human males with sows, sheep and goats~ We self-consciously joke about your pet dog humping One's leg. WHOLE new perspective on 'animal husbandry'---
To be honest... I don't think I've ever seen a woman just topless. I've always seen them stayed covered and the one breast that was being fed on was usually draped a bit with a baby cloth and the babies head.
My wife went into a private room or she kept herself covered. She didn't just open up and let her naked breasts hang out in public. I would have had a big issue with that if she had done that.
I always here people refer to women being bothered by others when breast feeding but I don't know of any real cases of it happening. I've also never seen or heard of a woman not being discreet about it.
I'm not sure if this really is an issue.
It comes back to this social stigma of breasts.
I'm mostly not a fan of leftist ideals except for one "free the nipples" and not for some pervy errotic reason but simply because they are literally not sexual to begin with.
That being said I also don't like the people who think they're such a big deal because they breastfeed in public deliberately for attention.
Just do it when you gotta do it but don't make it a statement that's annoying and only helps antagonize those who see it as wrong.
And the more you antagonize them the more they will fight you. There is no winning, only finding common ground
The million dollar question. It is beyond me. I wrote a few mytakes on it and people compared it to pornography, sucking dick, peeing, pooping, said I was selfish and don’t care about others around me. On and on. It’s really sad our society has gotten this far removed from mammary glands being used for their intended purpose, as we are mammals.
Because they are retards. They are pedos who think kids have sexual feelings when seeing breasts. Some babys can't stand blankets and babys get hungry very fast since they have tiny tummys and so they starve fast. Any retard who have problem with it, should be forced to eat while having a blanket on their fugly face. I am also done how some cuntservatives in the commentsection call women whores for breasting feeding their kids in public. So they are whores just because they dont want their kids to starve, Idiot? By this logic men are giga whores for showing off their secondary sexual traits such as beard, etc and female breats are also secondary sexual traits and i am saying this since they are many retards who can't accept that female breasts ain't like the dicks since female breasts are secondary sexual traits such male beard, male bodyhair etc. But they will keep denying these scientific facts. We ban these retarded people instead of women who feed their babys so they dont starve
Maybe the world is not ready to see or imagine any white stuff coming out of the female body.
If you have seen Jim Carry's me, myself and irene, there was a scene that explained it well. The main character, Charlie, was posessed by his dual personality. He saw a Milf, feeding her baby. The dual personality of hank saw the breast feeding and thougjt that the bany has taken his place. This character, Hank as he called himself, never understood that the big boobs are more designed to feed a child than sexually satisfy a man.
I live in California. I’ve never seen anyone freak out or frown about a woman breastfeeding in public. I think you’ll find that it’s the religious types that feel a woman’s breast should be hidden away who make the biggest fuss. And if we’re being completely honest i think it’s really just another way for men to control (or subjugate) what women can or can’t do with their own body.
I suggest you google “free the nipple”
Its not society that freaks out about breast feeding, it is a small but very vocal minority usually women who have never had it as a part of their lives aided and abetted by a certain women's movement.
I come from an extended family where breast feeding is the norm rather than the exception. my mother and sisters could breast feed in public and no one would notice.
There is nothing wrong with formula milk, and if a mother is having problems with sensitivity, production of milk or baby not suckling at the breast.
Just look at the comments it makes me sick both the men and women are sexualising it. It was supposed to be a pure thing that is literally just to feed a baby.
People don’t frown upon breastfeeding as that is good for the baby but they do frown upon public breastfeeding or exposing ones body in public.
When I was pregnant with my daughter I had countless doctors, nurses and midwives tell me that there's nothing wrong with using formula, though I kept insisting that I wanted to breastfeed. I felt like they were pushing their own opinions on me instead of listening to my perspective. Of course a baby can survive on both, but it's still a mother's personal choice.
This must be something new as I never knew that society was opposed to breast feeding babies even in public. Unless of coarse you are talking about the few small minded, snippy, can't mind your own business, pain in the ass useless jerks who make an issue of it.
I think it's because of their fear of tits... which is due to society/cultural rules. Most people have never even been to a nude beach or they've been reprimanded for looking at tits that are covered at some point in their life. So a woman finally gets a reason to whip out her tits and some people freak out. They don't even care about that baby, they're just like... TITS!
Most of society that I've seen has sexualized the female breast and has associated sexuality with private business. Therefore, because of this, it is considered inappropriate for a woman to whip her breasts out in public to feed a child.
Personally if I were at the grocery store or some other public place I might think to myself "well that's a bit awkward" because that's how I was raised. But I would remind myself that it's none of my business and I'd just ignore it and go on my way.
I don't think it's society that hates it. IRL, I've only ever seen one mother shamed one time, and that poor fellow, well he was surrounded in a heartbeat. Every other time I've seen a mother feeding her child it's always been "congrats" or some form of "good on you and your baby" along with "it's better for them, and cheaper too" sometimes. I think it's just the naysayers being sensationalized.
Well I hate to say this- however, I have noticed lots of men are very judgmental about women who have children in general. Now women, I’ve only seen where they get upset if it’s public breast out breast feeding. I will not show my breasts in public. However, I have no issue with women nursing their babies how they feel comfortable.
I would breast feed my child.
honestly wouldn't care what other people think of me because to me as a mother I would rather take care of that child rather to even give a frick about what others think lol
It has never bothered me. Most of us were breastfed and it’s ok. We are made this way. It’s a natural and beautiful thing. If I notice someone breastfeeding I won’t stare out of respect, but I am alway fascinated how we are designed. I mean, not to sound corny, but that baby, came out of that woman, and me she is able to sustain it from her own body. Again, It’s an amazing and beautiful thing. No one should be shamed for breastfeeding.
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